单词 | custody |
释义 | custody/ˈkʌstədi /noun [mass noun] 1The protective care or guardianship of someone or something: the property was placed in the custody of a trustee...
Synonyms care, guardianship, charge, keeping, safe keeping, wardship, ward, responsibility, protection, guidance, tutelage; custodianship, trusteeship, trust, keep, possession, hands; supervision, superintendence, surveillance, control, aegis, auspices; Law escrow 1.1 Law Responsibility for the care, maintenance, and upbringing of a child or children: he was trying to get custody of their child...
2Imprisonment: my father was being taken into custody...
Synonyms imprisonment, detention, confinement, incarceration, internment, captivity; remand archaic duress, durance OriginLate Middle English: from Latin custodia, from custos 'guardian'. |
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